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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Celebration
4:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Musical performances and speakers celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. Speakers include Religious Studies Professor Mary Sawyer, Student Activist Greg Bonett, Government of the Student Body President Brian Phillips and Black Student Alliance President Rachel Iheanacho. Singer Darryle Bohanna will perform. Provost Elizabeth Hoffman will present the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Advancing One Community Awards. Birthday cake graciously donated by Campus Dining Services.

Let Freedom Ring - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Celebration Carillon Concert
11:50 AM – Central Campus - A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King with Dr. Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur.

Rachel and Me: The Road from SILENT SPRING to LIVING DOWNSTREAM
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber is a recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health. She received her doctorate in biology from the University of Michigan and master's degree in English from Illinois State University. Her writing expresses scientific reportage about the natural world in lyrical, poetic prose and earned her the Will Solimene Award from the American Medical Writers Association and recognition from the Sierra Club as "the New Rachel Carson." Steingraber's book Living Downstream presents cancer as a human rights issue. Her 2001 book Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood was featured on "Kids and Chemicals," a PBS documentary by Bill Moyers. Parents are welcome to bring children and babies to this event.

Globalization and Technology: Challenge and Opportunity for Future Engineers - Klaus Hoehn
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Klaus Hoehn is Vice President of Advanced Technology and Engineering at Deere & Company. He joined the company in 1992 as a manager at John Deere Werke in Mannheim, Germany. Hoehn received his bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in mechanical and agricultural engineering from Rostock University in Germany.Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.

Going Global: Trends and Issues in the World Marketplace - Frederick Smith
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Frederick Smith is the founder, president, and CEO of the Federal Express Corporation. He is known as the "father of the overnight delivery business." On the first night of operations, a fleet of 14 jets took off with 186 packages. In the first two years, the venture lost $27 million. By 1997, the company was worth $16 billion, with 170,000 employees flying a fleet of 584 planes and 38,500 trucks to deliver 2.8 million packages daily to 212 countries. A graduate of Yale University, Smith enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving two tours of duty in Vietnam. The 2007 Manatt Phelps Lecture in Political Science.

A Town Hall Meeting with John Edwards
5:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is running for president to provide all Americans with the same opportunities for success that he has had throughout his life. He was the first presidential candidate from either party to lay out a universal healthcare plan and a comprehensive plan to achieve energy independence and fight global warming. He has also provided detailed plans to end the war in Iraq, revitalize rural America, reform our education system and make college more affordable through his College for Everyone program. Prior to his election as a US Senator from North Carolina, John Edwards practiced law for twenty years. He is the former director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at UNC-Chapel Hill and was the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 2004. Part of the Presidential Caucus Series, providing the university community with opportunities to question presidential candidates before the precinct caucuses.

The Comedy of Mo Rocca - A Study Break
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Mo Rocca contributes off-beat news reports and satirical commentary on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and CBS News Sunday Morning. A former correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he also is a regular panelist on NPR's quiz show Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me, creator and host of AOL's Mo Rocca 180°, and author of All the Presidents' Pets: The Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over. It's not a study break without food - popcorn provided by SUB.

How Stereotypes Affect Intellectual Performance - Claude Steele
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Claude Steele is the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, where he has been on the faculty since 1991. He is a professor of social psychology and director of Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Steele's research interests focus on how group stereotypes, such as racial or gender stereotypes, can influence academic performance. He is the coauthor with Theresa Perry and Asa G. Hilliard III of Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students and a participant in the PBS Frontline series Secrets of the SAT. Steele was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in spring 2003. He has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Michigan, University of Chicago, Yale University, and Princeton University. A social hour will precede the lecture at 7:00 in the South Ballroom and a reception and book signing will follow the talk.The Annual Fritz Lecture

Cultural Relics, Intellectual Property and Intangible Heritage - Peter Yu
4:30 PM – Ensminger Room, 1204 Kildee Hall - Peter Yu holds the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and is the founding director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Professor Yu is a leading expert in international intellectual property and communications law whose work focuses on international trade, international and comparative law and the transition of the legal systems in China and Hong Kong. He is the author or editor of three books, including the four-volume reference book Intellectual Property and Information Wealth: Issues and Practices in the Digital Age. Before joining Drake University, he taught at Michigan State University College of Law and founded its nationally renowned Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program. Part of the Bioethics Program Series.

Children and Families in the 2008 Campaign - Tom LaPointe
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Tom LaPointe is the director of Every Child Matters in Iowa. The Every Child Matters Education Fund is a public education campaign in the early presidential primary states. Its sole purpose is to help raise the visibility of children's issues and to make them a priority topic of policy debate throughout the 2008 presidential campaign. Issues to which attention is being drawn include the prevention of child abuse and neglect, improving the health of low-income children, and finding solutions in child care, early childhood education, after-school programs, and responsible decisions on federal budget and tax issues.